About Barbara
Barbara Kass, MD, LCPC helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and relationship difficulties. She also supports those coping with trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, career challenges, compassion fatigue, and life changes. Her approach is calm and collaborative, aimed at helping people reconnect with their own ability to heal.
She draws on over 11 years of clinical experience in hospitals, clinics, county services, and independent practice. That range means she has worked with many kinds of problems and practical day-to-day concerns.
Background and approach
She uses both talking therapies and simple practices such as breathing and mindfulness. In sessions she favors a client-centered stance. That means conversations are guided by the client’s needs and goals rather than a one-size-fits-all plan.
She also uses cognitive behavioral ideas to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and patterns. Barbara integrates existential and Jungian ideas when people want to explore meaning, life purpose, and deeper personal themes. She blends those with practical tools like expressive writing and body awareness exercises to make ideas actionable.
Her training includes a medical degree and the LCPC credential in Maryland, which she lists as MD, LCPC. She is comfortable addressing spiritual or religious concerns alongside emotional work when clients bring those topics up. Overall her style is steadiness and practicality.
Sessions aim to be understandable, down to earth, and useful for everyday life.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy puts the person's concerns first and focuses on building a trusting conversation. Online sessions using this approach prioritize the client's goals and pace, making it easier to shape sessions to current needs.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. In remote work, CBT often uses short, practical exercises and home practice that translate well to video calls, phone sessions, or messaging follow-ups.
Existential Therapy looks at meaning, values, and life direction. When people want to discuss life purpose or large questions, sessions can combine talk with reflective exercises and expressive writing assignments between meetings.
Barbara will collaborate with each person to find which approach fits best for their situation. She discusses goals, preferences, and comfort with methods, and adjusts the mix of techniques as therapy progresses.
Online formats offer flexibility for different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for deeper work. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier on busy days. Live chat and text-based messaging make brief check-ins and reflective exchanges simple to fit into a schedule. These options help make consistent therapy more accessible while keeping the focus on progress and practical tools.
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What this counselor works with
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Also listed
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Life purpose
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Maryland
- Languages
- English